The 10 most underrated players in Kansas City Chiefs history
By Matt Conner
Most underrated players in Kansas City Chiefs history
7. Mitchell Schwartz, offensive line
Is it wrong to put an active player on an all-time list, especially one like this where the final word has yet to be written on how that player is perceived? It’s actually our hope that Mitchell Schwartz’s inclusion here will somehow help along, even in some minor way, the greater spotlight he deserves.
Ever since Schwartz signed with the Chiefs in free agency back in 2016, he’s installed himself as an immovable force on the right side. He’s made the All-Pro team four times, once as a first-teamer, and was named to the NFL’s All-Rookie team in 2012. Last season he allowed a single pressure in the entire postseason on his way to his first Super Bowl win. Yet Schwartz can’t even garner a single Pro Bowl nod.
For a player who is respected enough to be listed as a near-perennial All-Pro, one who played an incredible 7,894 consecutive snaps until the 2019 season, it’s ludicrous that he’s yet to make his Pro Bowl debut. Anyone who watches Schwartz week after week is seeing Hall of Fame caliber consistency at the right tackle spot, which makes him underrated at an all-time level.